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ing this is what co uld happen to your average police force. That's on ly on e of the sets of figures and facts th at you fail to make cl ea r in your book. You don't give a breakdown between minor and serious ac cidents, for example. O n ly the worst is portrayed or provided. I was blasting motorcycles like they had never been hit before. I'm not going to go really deep into the subject and bring out everything in favor of them . You know what I mean; I could go on and onl I feel that it was written somewhat with objectivity - not total objectivity, because I don't feel that totally objective about the subject. But I tried to balance it; I tried to be fair. H ave you heard of Madlyn Murry O ' H a re, the a theist? They've gone overboard to accommodate her, and I don't intend the government to go overboard to ac commodate my book - that much, except to put a sticker on a motorcycle [Zenker's proposed "hea th warning" similar to those found on packs of cigarettes), to refrain from having it in the classroom a t the high school level. I am not the Madelyn Murry O'Hare of motorcycles. Given sometime in the future, everybody gets 10 hours of instruction with the motorcycle they buy, people are educated to be more aware of motorcycles on the highway, do you think that then - or ever - that people could learn to live safely with motorcycles? I think the sta tistics would tend to go down . As far as making the machine safe in th emselv es, I d on 't know how you could do it. You have it in your book that racing improves the breed, so it's possible. Maybe there is a way where on im pact there was some way to cover them (riders) completely. That is the only way I sec that they can do it. What is your idea of the ideal motorcycle? I don't sec an ideal motorcycle. You don ' t? I don't see them at all for ever being ideal. Is that what you mean? As being able to live with them? I think that we all ought to be able to live with one another . . . If you want to call me prejudiced against motorcycles - not the people who ride ' them - I am pre· judiced against the machine. Sh ould mot orcyclists fee l guilty fo r riding motorcycles? No. I'm not laying a guilt trip on anybody for riding . . . Do what they want . Sh ould they feel grateful for your book? I was told that ; I should think that they would . But I could sec where they would not like it . When you read something, you reserve the right to accept or reject it. If you had to do Murdereyd• • all over again, would you change anything? Not reall y .. . I haven't made it a bloody and gory as I could have. I did the best that I could and I put in over five years of work into this . Do you believe that it was time well spent? If I saved one good life, yes, I do. 1 really do . Is this the last that anybody will hear from P a trici a Zonker on mot orcycle safety? We ll. I keep being approached .. . the interest keeps on growing ....I wouldn't mind dropping the whole thing, but I feel l owe it . Do you believe that this is a h oly cause that you a re on? I certainly wouldn't define it as a " holy cause" in any sense . or a moral cause, a just ca use, as a medical ca use . I really could have written a diet book and made a fortune, but I do believe in it (Murdercycies). I have faith in what I did . • o 00 0') FREDDIE SPENCER and RICH SCHLACHTER,'winners of the Loudon AMA Superbike and National Road Races choose ARAI Helmets So Should Youl Lightweight, comfortable protection is important on th e racetrack - and that's just where Arai helmets are proving themselves to be right out front in top quality protection. Arai protection? Ask the racer who's put one to use! Comfortab le, quality protection should be no less important to every motorcycl ist and a complete range of Arai helmets is availab le for every taste and need. Arai comfort? Ask the rider who wears one! since 1950 0, Helmets are our bu sin ess, "our only business € ~!!!!!~e ••~ • - - SNELL1975 A full color brochure illuatrl1ting the entire re nge of Arel helmets Is ."ei..b..; aend 50 cents In c ol... or JlUIm ps to cover postoge e nd handllna to Arel -P.O. Box421. Tenafly, N.J. 07670 for your brochure by return First Class Mail. Overall Winner J une 15 Grand Rapids, M N AMA National Championship Enduro Series Dick Burleson Husqvarna on Dunlop MDIe cydes ride an DulIIop ..... cmyother tire In the world. ~ D UN.£OP . _ ~ ao, Box 1109, EIuflIIIo, NY 14240 29